Chasing zero: The drive to eliminate surgical site infections

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 430-437

  Thompson, Kristine M ^a   Oldenburg, W Andrew ^a   Deschamps, Claude ^b   Rupp, William C ^a   Smith, C Daniel ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; OXYGEN;

AIR CONDITIONING; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ANTISEPSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG CHOICE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; OPERATION DURATION; OXYGEN BREATHING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; THERMOREGULATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOUND DRESSING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; PEROPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; FLORIDA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 80052301767     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31822cc0ad     Document Type: Conference Paper

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